NDA shutdown against petrol hike today

Last Updated: Thursday, May 31, 2012, 00:03

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Tags: NDA, Bharat Bandh, petrol price hike

New Delhi: The BJP has accused the central government of increasing the petrol prices despite a fall in the global crude rates, as it stepped up efforts to make the NDA Bharat Bandh (shutdown) Thursday a success.

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders will lead the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) sponsored shutdown across the country to protest price hike and corruption by the Congress led-United Progressive Alliance (UPA). The agitation here will take place at Jantar Mantar, party leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said.

Senior BJP leaders, parliamentarians, legislators will participate in the protests across the country.

"Delhi will see a protest at Jantar Mantar at 10 a.m. to protest against the anti-people policies and steep price hike in prices of essential commodities, petrol and LPG," Naqvi said.

He said there is a wide spread corruption at all levels of government and despite fall in international crude prices, the UPA government hiked prices of petrol.

Petrol prices were increased by over Rs.7 a litre last week, inviting nation-wide protest by political parties.

PTI

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First Published: Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 23:04

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Nishikanta Ray - Cuttack,Orissa
UPA Govt should be think before hike of petrol price, where middle class family will be suffered seriously to maintain the day to day requirements.Because ministers,politicians are hike their salaries and deposit the money in Swiss Bank but not think about the middle class people how they will be survive.They have collect the vote from the peoples and take the minister post and forget the voters donot think about the hike in prices of petrol and PDS .Wages of the lower class peoples are not increased , how they will continue their duties. Ever poeple are think to travel by bicycle, the cycle prices alos hike before the price of petrol.Govt should be adopt the rules to reduce the salaries of ministers, to minimise the forign tours of politicians,excess use of power,to produce the goods which are imported by India, to set up the plant which are not in India, enhance the export of goods to the Foreign country for foreign currency etc.,

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shabana - mumbai
we support the bandh i think we were much better under british rule.

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Krishna Kanth - Mumbai
There are a load of issues to think of apart from this. Price rise is a major issue, but a bandh is seriously not going to help it either. BJP should be a responsible opposition and not behave in such a reckless manner. Many people may loose their one day salary. MPs are paid even for foreign trips, but on ground, middle class people and lower class people are the actual sufferers! By doing such things, they strengthen the ruling party rather than ruling them out! A bandh typically in Mumbai means a few drunkard people forcibly closing down shops and establishments and nothing else! It is a big tamasha after all! People should carry on with their lives like everyday! In democracy, no political party can hold the country to ransom like this!